Chomp Castanet

Activity Instructions:

Pass out the castanets – one to each student. Allow them to explore squeezing the castanets shut with one hand, the other hand, both hands, etc. Then introduce song.

Lyrics:

Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
when my fin-gers squeeze it shut
Chomp Chomp Chomp goes the cas-ta-net
like a mouth try-ing to talk
Chomp chomp chomp, and click click click
o-pen shut it, just like this
Chomp chomp chomp goes my cas-ta-net
Chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp